Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ...
by hansvm on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:25AM
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Yes (to the extent that it's reasonably possible). Voting rights give you power, but you have a contractual obligation to use that power in the interest of _all_ your shareholders.
It's the same reason why, at least in theory, VC founders can't structure a deal that devalues everyone else to ~0 and pockets the extra money in a side-channel transaction. They definitely have the power to do so, but if you can prove that better options existed and have the inclination to take that to court then you have a decent shot at recovering damages.
Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ...
by Sander_Marechal on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:53AM
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Non-voting shareholders can and will sue, and in the US they will probably win. This pretty much forces companies to please shareholders as much as possible at the expense of everything else.
I sometimes wonder, if the founder has controlling voting shares, or the shareholders on public exchange / stock market are non-voting shares. Would the company still have to please their non-voting shareholders?